Among the waxes that may be used in the context of the invention, mention may be made of: “polar” waxes, for instance beeswax, lanolin wax; rice bran wax, carnauba wax, candelilla wax, ouricury wax, Japan wax, berry wax, sumach wax, montan wax, the waxes obtained by hydrogenation of animal or plant oils containing linear or branched fatty chains, such as jojoba oil, sunflower oil, castor oil, coconut oil, lanolin oil, olive oil esterified with stearyl alcohol, or castor oil esterified with cetyl alcohol, “ apolar ” waxes such as microcrystalline waxes, paraffins, ozokerite, polyethylene waxes, silicone waxes and fluoro waxes Among the pigments that may be used in the mascara of the invention, mention may be made of titanium dioxide, optionally surface-treated, zirconium oxide, zinc oxide or cerium oxide, and also iron oxide or chromium oxide, manganese violet, ultramarine blue, chromium hydrate and ferric blue, carbon black, and dyeing lakes, especially barium, strontium, calcium or aluminum lakes 15